Survivors of a suicide blast which killed 128 people as it ripped through a crowded Pakistani rally described scenes of panic and horror on Saturday, as hospitals struggled to cope with scores of wounded. The attack in Mastung in southwestern Balochistan province on Friday, claimed by the Islamic State group, was one of the deadliest […] …
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Blast rocks Zimbabwe president’s rally
Zimbabwe’s President Emmerson Mnangagwa said he survived an attempt on his life after a blast at a party rally Saturday, while one of his vice-presidents and several other party officials were wounded. A number of other people were also hurt in the explosion during the election campaign event in Zimbabwe’s second city Bulawayo, according to […] …
Blast kills 11 civilians in Syria’s Idlib
A huge blast killed at least 11 civilians as it wrecked a multi-storey building in Syria’s northwestern jihadist-held city of Idlib on Monday, a war monitor said. The explosion of unknown origin also wounded 80 others, the Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights monitoring group said. The group, which relies on sources inside Syria for […] …